title: [Therapy of normal pressure hydrocephalus with the transcutaneously magnetically adjustable shunt].
abstract: 36 patients with a normal pressure hydrocephalus were treated with a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt system. We compared the results of conventional system and the sophy magnetic system. 8 of 15 patients with a Holter-Hausner or Sigma-Orbis valve were reoperated because of insufficiency. All of 21 patients with a sophy system were successfully treated.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Klinik des Leopoldina Krankenhauses Schweinfurt.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spring
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Die Therapie des Normaldruckhydrocephalus mit dem transcutan magnetisch verstellbaren Ventil.